Definition of illusionism in English:
illusionism
noun ɪˈluːʒ(ə)nɪz(ə)mɪˈluʒəˌnɪzəm
mass nounThe principle or technique by which artistic representations are made to resemble real objects or to give an appearance of space by the use of perspective.
Example sentencesExamples
- This illusionism is contradicted by brushwork highlighting the front picture plane or establishing ambiguous layers of space lying beyond.
- The traditional illusionism of the still-life genre (think Zeuxis and Parrhasios as well as de Heem and Chardin) is rejected in favor of bravura flatness and self-revelation of the paint stroke.
- All are frontally oriented works that expose conventions of illusionism by carrying them off of the wall into real space.
- Other paintings oscillate between illusionism and a more expressionistic style of depiction.
- Venetian art was more painterly than the sculptural art of central Italy, and artists used light and colour more dramatically; Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese developed the expressive power and illusionism of oil painting.
Derivatives
adjective
Chardin's softer, more painterly realism exhibits a Rococo temperament stylistically fused with an illusionistic aim, each moderating the other.
Example sentencesExamples
- Magritte was an illusionistic surrealist who lived through the Nazi occupation of Belgium and war years of the mid-1900s.
- Two Mountains is one of her last depictions of illusionistic space: a canvas bisected by the image of a moundlike mountain and its nearly identical lake reflection.
- Caravaggio returns to the half-length format of his early genre scenes, but all naturalistic bravura and illusionistic detail are gone.
- Indeed it is self-evident that all of the artists are not trained in terms of naturalistic or illusionistic modes of production, nor do they appear to be aware of, or influenced by any of the latest conceptual trends.
Definition of illusionism in US English:
illusionism
nounɪˈluʒəˌnɪzəmiˈlo͞oZHəˌnizəm
The principle or technique by which artistic representations are made to resemble real objects or to give an appearance of space by the use of perspective.
Example sentencesExamples
- All are frontally oriented works that expose conventions of illusionism by carrying them off of the wall into real space.
- Other paintings oscillate between illusionism and a more expressionistic style of depiction.
- This illusionism is contradicted by brushwork highlighting the front picture plane or establishing ambiguous layers of space lying beyond.
- The traditional illusionism of the still-life genre (think Zeuxis and Parrhasios as well as de Heem and Chardin) is rejected in favor of bravura flatness and self-revelation of the paint stroke.
- Venetian art was more painterly than the sculptural art of central Italy, and artists used light and colour more dramatically; Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese developed the expressive power and illusionism of oil painting.